The Hobbit thread

by **Kenny** Fri 16 Mar 2012, 11:48 am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTSoD4BBCJc

I have to admit i am looking forward to this film more then any other this year , i have loved the story ever since i read the book when i was 9 years old ( a long long time ago )

by eirebilly Fri 23 Mar 2012, 8:28 am

I cant wait for this film to come out. I loved the book.

On another note, hows you Kenny?

by **Kenny** Fri 23 Mar 2012, 11:36 am

eirebilly wrote:I cant wait for this film to come out. I loved the book.

On another note, hows you Kenny?

Im feeling good thanks mostly pain free and able to get about more , doc is happy with my progress he just wants me to not push things to quickly . Walk before i run .

by eirebilly Fri 23 Mar 2012, 11:37 am

Great stuff mate, keep getting better Very Happy

by **Kenny** Fri 23 Mar 2012, 11:40 am

Cheers mate , think it helps im feeling more positive about things now . Very Happy

by eirebilly Fri 23 Mar 2012, 11:49 am

Yeah a positive state of mind works Very Happy

by **Kenny** Fri 23 Mar 2012, 1:21 pm

It sure does , trying to convince the wife to be more positive about going to watch the film ! when its out

by Guest Fri 23 Mar 2012, 2:11 pm

Is this an updated trailer from the one they released before Christmas?

Can't believe we've got until December to wait for this one.

I've got so many happy memories of this book, twas the one my Dad always read to me when I was very small.

by **Kenny** Fri 23 Mar 2012, 2:21 pm

think its the same one Dreamer , i was reading about it the other day with regards to which actors had been cast in which roles and it just got soooooooo wanting to see it !

by Guest Fri 23 Mar 2012, 3:27 pm

aha, I shall probs watch it again anyways!

Think Richard Armitage is a brilliant choice for Thorin.

Interesting that they are bringing some of the LotR characters more into it, but guess it makes sense.

by eirebilly Fri 23 Mar 2012, 5:50 pm

I really hate having to wait so long for such things Sad

by **Kenny** Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:09 am

http://the-hobbit-movie.com/2012/03/01/the-hobbit-production-video-6/

by compelling and rich Tue 27 Mar 2012, 12:30 pm

cant wait for this, although only part one really. where are people reckoning its going to end for the second to begin? im thinking right after riddles in the dark

by **Derbyblue** Tue 27 Mar 2012, 1:13 pm

Can't wait for this film, one of my favourite books so I really hope adding in the Lord of the Rings characters doesn't change the story too much.

Compelling and rich-

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by President Trump Tue 27 Mar 2012, 1:20 pm

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by compelling and rich Tue 27 Mar 2012, 1:26 pm

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by **Kenny** Tue 27 Mar 2012, 1:26 pm

Im looking forward to how Benedict Cumberbatch protrays Smaug

by **Derbyblue** Tue 27 Mar 2012, 3:22 pm

Dicey Reilly wrote:
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by President Trump Tue 27 Mar 2012, 3:36 pm

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by mystiroakey Mon 23 Apr 2012, 7:06 pm

cant wait for this film Smile

by **Derbyblue** Mon 23 Apr 2012, 7:57 pm

They shouldn't be allowed to announce films this early. Still another 8 months left, and then another year.

by compelling and rich Mon 23 Apr 2012, 8:41 pm

Derbyblue wrote:They shouldn't be allowed to announce films this early. Still another 8 months left, and then another year.

agreed, its seems like a eternity that ive been waiting for this and dark night rises. although ive probably been waiting for this since the very second return of the king finished

by Gregers Mon 30 Jul 2012, 5:20 pm

Hobbit 3 announced today

http://uk.ign.com/articles/2012/07/30/the-hobbit-3-officially-announced

by **Kenny** Mon 30 Jul 2012, 5:42 pm

Excellent , although it does meen we will have to wait a little longer

by **Derbyblue** Mon 30 Jul 2012, 5:43 pm

It's not really The Hobbit then though is it? I'll still watch it, unless they ruin the book.

Plus we're already waiting over a year for part 2, annoys me them announcing it so early.

by compelling and rich Mon 30 Jul 2012, 6:27 pm

torn whether ths is a good thing or bad thing. have they broke it down into 3 to make more money and by doing so slighty watered it down? or by doing it in three parts its going to be more depth and very true to the book like jackson did for lotr.

think with it being 3 parts my early guess of where it might end might be close to the mark

by **Derbyblue** Mon 30 Jul 2012, 10:17 pm

From that link it sounds like they've sorted the two films and decided that they can take the story further into what happens between The Hobbit ending and LOTR starting. So hopefully it won't actually affect the story involved in the first two parts.

by **Crimey** Mon 30 Jul 2012, 10:26 pm

I'm cautiously optimistic about these films. While I think they'll be great, I'm a big fan of Martin Freeman and the Hobbit book, which I have read unlike the Lord of the Rings.

However, I think there will always be a part of me hoping for the epic scenes of Lord of the Rings which just isn't the Hobbit style.

I will be very surprised if there aren't any huge battles in the three films.

by Skydriver Mon 30 Jul 2012, 11:20 pm

I read a week or so ago of this by way of rumour. The idea was to include various bits which they missed out due to length, plus bridging material from the appendices (of LOTR presumably). Sort-of makes sense to me that they'd look to additional material to fill out a third film in running length, as The Hobbit is not a massively long book, at least not compared to LOTR. I'm struggling to see how they are going to pull this together into a narrative over 3 films though. Also heard that they have to re-hire and re-assemble the cast and crew which is not easy or cheap; presumably the contractual stuff has been sorted out now though.

The cynic in me is thinking that the studio at least is simply seeing $ signs, having already perfected their fleecing skills by releasing umpteen versions of each LOTR instalment (plus boxed sets of course) in DVD and Blu-Ray. Come to think of it, I would be surprised if there wasn't eventually a series of 3D re-releases (theatrically and domestically)!

"What have they got in their pocketses...?" After these films are done, probably more riches than Smaug.

by **Crimey** Tue 31 Jul 2012, 11:00 am

It's hard to begrudge them when the Lord of the Rings films were so good though.

by **Kenny** Tue 31 Jul 2012, 11:21 am

The problem that anyone has got trying to make a film from a book with so much in it like The Hobbit is fitting as much as you can in obviously . Id rather they made more movies then miss bits out . Your never going to tell the full story but i dont mind them trying to

by **Derbyblue** Thu 04 Oct 2012, 10:52 pm

New trailer was released at some point in September: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1SJ7yaa7cI

by **Kenny** Fri 05 Oct 2012, 10:57 am

Oh i can't wait for this and it's nearly here

by Dave. Fri 05 Oct 2012, 1:53 pm

All kinds of awesomeness, for the simple reason Jimmy Nesbitt, gets to keep his accent, so he does.

by SecretFly Mon 08 Oct 2012, 12:16 am

I'm not looking at trailers or anything else...I just want this to creep up on me and see does Jackson pull it off again...as in realising the imagery of the book...and even more so, the mood. The hobbit was more childlike than The Lord of the Rings trilogy. In a sense it existed more in a fairytale world than a fantasy one and I'm wondering will Jackson catch the fairytale elements.

Three books have been on my bedside table for a good few years now. The LOTR trilogy - Robert Louis Stevenson's Complete works...and my brothers old yellow paged copy of The Hobbit

by Smirnoffpriest Tue 09 Oct 2012, 2:43 pm

I would have thought you could have squeezed the Hobbit into 1 film - 3 seems very unneccesary

by **Crimey** Tue 09 Oct 2012, 5:42 pm

Smirnoffpriest wrote:I would have thought you could have squeezed the Hobbit into 1 film - 3 seems very unneccesary

3 times the amount of money...

by Smirnoffpriest Tue 09 Oct 2012, 5:49 pm

True, but 1 good/great film makes far more than a poor series

by **Crimey** Tue 09 Oct 2012, 7:59 pm

Smirnoffpriest wrote:True, but 1 good/great film makes far more than a poor series

Movie studios would disagree though. Wink

by Smirnoffpriest Wed 10 Oct 2012, 1:08 pm

Crimey wrote:
Smirnoffpriest wrote:True, but 1 good/great film makes far more than a poor series

Movie studios would disagree though.

True and I have a few choice swear words for them! Why I like illegal downloads to a certain extent, so I can make sure that I don't help the movie industry make money from churning out so much rubbish - I then pay for the movies that have actually had time and effort spent on them and have something interesting to say, and usually buy the film afterwards.

by SecretFly Wed 10 Oct 2012, 1:42 pm

But then again............. movie studios might be creatively bankrupt but they're not brains bankrupt - they know exactly what you are illegally downloading. They're not fooled by your purchasing decisions or fooled by your 'moral' reasons for choosing to purchase them

They know the (painting by numbers) blockbusters are the ones being mostly illegally downloaded. Therefore they continue to know they (and not the arty, well made movies with a message) are the most popular - and therefore they continue to pump their money into them....even though you're not buying the DVDs

Now, also - who gives the money to the smaller movies with thought and creative talent put into them? The big companies that also finance the blockbusters. The blockbusters finance themselves, the blockbusters also finance the better quality films!...and I'm afraid even the well produced meaningful films also in their turn provide some cyclical funding to the big blockbusters.

PLUS.... it's very naughty of you to say you don't want these popcorn rubbish movies with their eternal sequels being made and yet you still get around to deciding to watch them........... morally refusing to pay or not. I think a better protest might to avoid them completely Wink

by Smirnoffpriest Wed 10 Oct 2012, 2:07 pm

what can I say to that! Wink

by incontinentia Wed 10 Oct 2012, 2:08 pm

I understand Radagast the Brown will feature in this film, which is great cos I was really disappointed he wasnt in LOTR

by Smirnoffpriest Wed 10 Oct 2012, 2:50 pm

Is that the wizard who is at one with the woodlands and animals and brings Gandalf to Sauroman?

by incontinentia Wed 10 Oct 2012, 2:59 pm

The very one smirnoff, wiser than any Man in all things concerning herbs and beasts.

by SecretFly Wed 10 Oct 2012, 3:00 pm

And will nutter Tom be in the Hobbit?

by incontinentia Wed 10 Oct 2012, 3:13 pm

Who or what is nutter Tom chap?

by SecretFly Wed 10 Oct 2012, 3:15 pm

?

I'll let some other chaps tell you.

by incontinentia Wed 10 Oct 2012, 3:30 pm

Oh please tell me! you made it up didn't you

by SecretFly Wed 10 Oct 2012, 3:33 pm

Tom? Tom? Come on.... think.

A nutter named Tom from Tolkien's fantasy world. He's waiting for you there on the tip of your nose. You're just not seeing him.

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